Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20
4 TRAIN ROBBERY,
Last Nights North Bound Express on
the Missouri Pacific Robbed Nine
Miles Out of Austin.
The Engineer Covered with ReyoIYers
While the Passengers are Robbed,
The Mail Not MOIesfed.
The Amount of Treasure Secured Cna
knOwn-One Man Shot in the Head,
Another Wounded IN the Arm.
THE LATEST SENSATION. .

ltE LATEST SENSATION
| Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, May 1S.-The north
bound express train of the Missouri Pa
cific, which left Austin at s:45 tonight,
was, according TO dispatch to City Mar
shall Lucy, robbed half an hour later at
or near Mcneil station, at the crossing of
the Missouri Pacific and the Austin and
Northwestern Narrow Gauge Railway,
| nine miles from Austin.
According to the best information at
hand the robbers numbered fifteen, wore
masks, were armed with sixshooters and
Winchesters, and some of them appear to
have been mounted.
The moment selected for the robbery
was when the train whistled when sp-
preaching the crossing.
The robbery appears to have been done
IN the usual style.
The robbers first mounted the cab,
covered the engineer with drawn revoly-
ers and then. proceeded to the passen-
ger and express cars with drawn pistols.
One party went through the passenger
cars and got all the valusbles that could
be secured.
From one man they took valuable
diamond pin.
The express car was robbed, but of
what amount cannot just at this moment
be stated.
The mail, it s reported, was not
touched
One man is reported shot in the hesd,
but his name cannot be ascertained.
Another is reported shot in the arm.
at midnight q CavalCade of police and
citizens, welI-mounted and armed, under
command of Sergeant Palmer, left for the
scene of the train robbery.
There is much excitement here.
A big crowd COngregsted on Congress
avenue to see the troopers off.
1t looked ike old war times.
Various rumors are afOat.
LATER PARTICULARS.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, May 10, 10
a. m. 1t has Just been
learned that nearly all OF the fifteen
robbers were young men, wore dark
clothes, and some were badly disguised.
1t is thought that they may be recOg-
nized.
Several parties from Austin were on
the train.
There seems to have been g desperate
fight, but it appears almost impossible
to get at the facts.
1t looks as if the wires have been cut
to Mcneil.
Up to this hour, q. m, nothing can be
got through.
LATER-It is Just learned that Assis
tant Superintendent Hume, VINO was on
the train, was shot at several times by
the robbers but escaped injury.
Most of the robbers had on spurs.
They captured the operator o.. &c
train arrived.
1t is now stated that seven or eight Of
the robbers were recognized.
NO NEWS FROM THE POSSE.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, May 10, 8. m.-Tbe
posse of armed men who left here at
midnight for the scene of the robbery,
went on special engine and should have
got there in twenty minutes.
They promised to telephone as soon as
they reached Mcneil, but at this writing,
2 g. M, not a word has been received,
either at the Office of the Statesman or st
the police office.
1t IS supposed the wires have been cut,
or that the posse may have been taken
prisoners themselves.
1t is impossible to learn whether t3s
man who was killed was train man,
passenger or one of the robbers.